Muskegon News Archive: GM-UAWtag:blog.mlive.com,2014:/chronicle/8812008-04-05T03:14:54ZCommunity, Education & Government News, Blogs, Photos & Videos.Movable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceGM plants threaten strikes if agreements aren't reachedtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/chronicle//881.8563462008-04-05T03:14:54Z2008-04-05T03:16:05ZThe Associated Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/mliveapuser/index.htmlGM, UAW negotiating buyouts, early retirementstag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/chronicle//881.6175322008-01-14T01:41:50Z2008-01-14T01:43:59ZDETROIT -- General Motors Corp is close to reaching agreement with the United Auto Workers on another round of buyout and early retirement offers designed to cut the number of workers in jobs banks and to clear openings for workers...The Associated Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/mliveapuser/index.html
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp is close to reaching agreement with the United Auto Workers on another round of buyout and early retirement offers designed to cut the number of workers in jobs banks and to clear openings for workers...
Analyst: UAW took over health care to get bumptag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3970542007-09-27T01:45:10Z2007-09-27T01:56:05ZDavid Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, said he thinks the UAW agreed to take over administration of retiree health care benefits in a Voluntary Employee Benefits Administration trust in exchange for a boost in...Lee Lupo | The Muskegon Chroniclehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/llupo/index.html
David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, said he thinks the UAW agreed to take over administration of retiree health care benefits in a Voluntary Employee Benefits Administration trust in exchange for a boost in...
Second shift starts at Wyoming GM planttag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3965892007-09-26T20:17:43Z2007-09-26T20:21:34ZWYOMING -- As second-shift workers return to the GM Metal Stamping plant here Wednesday afternoon after a two-day strike that began Monday, longtime workers say the union made the right decision. GM's efforts are about more than protecting their members'...Chronicle News Servicehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/chroniclenewsservice/index.html
WYOMING -- As second-shift workers return to the GM Metal Stamping plant here Wednesday afternoon after a two-day strike that began Monday, longtime workers say the union made the right decision. GM's efforts are about more than protecting their members'...
UAW, GM reach tentative agreement ending striketag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3954082007-09-26T11:30:01Z2007-09-26T13:34:27ZDETROIT -- The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. agreed Wednesday to a groundbreaking tentative contract that puts the responsibility for retirees' health care into the union's hands and ends a two-day strike, the first national strike against GM...The Associated Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/mliveapuser/index.html
DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. agreed Wednesday to a groundbreaking tentative contract that puts the responsibility for retirees' health care into the union's hands and ends a two-day strike, the first national strike against GM...
Suppliers consider layoffs if UAW strike continuestag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3948992007-09-26T01:56:57Z2007-09-26T01:58:58ZChronicle News Service/Lori Niedenfuer CoolUAW members continue to strike outside of the 36th Street GM plant in Wyoming on Tuesday. From left, Russ Lucas, Robert Lopez, Larry Maddox and Scott Miller. GRAND RAPIDS -- The wild ride for West Michigan...Lee Lupo | The Muskegon Chroniclehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/llupo/index.html
Chronicle News Service/Lori Niedenfuer CoolUAW members continue to strike outside of the 36th Street GM plant in Wyoming on Tuesday. From left, Russ Lucas, Robert Lopez, Larry Maddox and Scott Miller. GRAND RAPIDS -- The wild ride for West Michigan...
Elizabeth Edwards visits UAW workers in Wyomingtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3949022007-09-26T01:47:44Z2007-09-26T01:58:58ZChronicle News Service courtesy photoElizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John Edwards, talks with Kim Egan, vice president of the Communication Workers of America Local 4034, at the Spirit of Solidarity labor monument in Grand Rapids Tuesday. GRAND RAPIDS --...Chronicle News Servicehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/chroniclenewsservice/index.html
Chronicle News Service courtesy photoElizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John Edwards, talks with Kim Egan, vice president of the Communication Workers of America Local 4034, at the Spirit of Solidarity labor monument in Grand Rapids Tuesday. GRAND RAPIDS --...
GM, UAW at loggerheads, but strike probably will not drag on longtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3945752007-09-25T21:39:53Z2007-09-25T21:41:22ZDETROIT -- Unlike the 1970 United Auto Workers' strike against General Motors Corp., which went on for 69 days and helped push the nation into a recession, industry watchers predicted Tuesday that the current strike will be a short one....The Associated Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/mliveapuser/index.html
DETROIT -- Unlike the 1970 United Auto Workers' strike against General Motors Corp., which went on for 69 days and helped push the nation into a recession, industry watchers predicted Tuesday that the current strike will be a short one....
For some UAW workers, it's their first picket linetag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3931132007-09-25T12:23:45Z2007-09-25T15:00:53ZChronicle News Service • Lance WynnDan Donlin, 52, of Grand Haven, a production technician, was among the picketers marching in front of the GM plant in Wyoming Monday morning. WYOMING -- When production technician Dan Donlin of Grand Haven and...Chronicle News Servicehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/chroniclenewsservice/index.html
Chronicle News Service • Lance WynnDan Donlin, 52, of Grand Haven, a production technician, was among the picketers marching in front of the GM plant in Wyoming Monday morning. WYOMING -- When production technician Dan Donlin of Grand Haven and...
Strike threatens to devastate state economytag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3925312007-09-25T02:07:41Z2007-09-25T12:38:01ZDETROIT -- Michigan's ailing economy could get even sicker if the strike by the United Auto Workers union against General Motors Corp. runs longer than a week, economists and experts say. Some 73,000 hourly UAW workers walked out of GM...Lee Lupo | The Muskegon Chroniclehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/llupo/index.html
DETROIT -- Michigan's ailing economy could get even sicker if the strike by the United Auto Workers union against General Motors Corp. runs longer than a week, economists and experts say. Some 73,000 hourly UAW workers walked out of GM...
Update: Long strike could stop GM new product momentum, analysts saytag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3931052007-09-25T12:24:20Z2007-09-25T12:26:55ZDETROIT -- If the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Corp. lasts longer than a week or two, it could cost GM billions of dollars and stop the momentum the company was building with some of its new models,...The Associated Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/mliveapuser/index.html
DETROIT -- If the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Corp. lasts longer than a week or two, it could cost GM billions of dollars and stop the momentum the company was building with some of its new models,...
UAW members worry about strike's effectstag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3924472007-09-25T02:04:19Z2007-09-25T02:17:19ZChronicle News Service/Lancy WynnPicketers flash their signs at the passing cars in front of the GM plant on 36th Street SW in Wyoming on Monday morning. WYOMING -- Although United Auto Workers members in Local 730 say they're ready for...Chronicle News Servicehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/chroniclenewsservice/index.html
Chronicle News Service/Lancy WynnPicketers flash their signs at the passing cars in front of the GM plant on 36th Street SW in Wyoming on Monday morning. WYOMING -- Although United Auto Workers members in Local 730 say they're ready for...
Labor strike poses challenges for auto supplierstag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3925692007-09-25T00:22:36Z2007-09-25T00:25:55ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- A labor strike against General Motors will present more challenges for auto suppliers, which have struggled with bankruptcies and increased competition in recent years, analysts said Monday. The impact of the United Auto Workers strike on auto...The Associated Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/mliveapuser/index.html
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A labor strike against General Motors will present more challenges for auto suppliers, which have struggled with bankruptcies and increased competition in recent years, analysts said Monday. The impact of the United Auto Workers strike on auto...
UAW launches strike against GMtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3914462007-09-24T15:46:10Z2007-09-25T00:13:43ZThe United Auto Workers has launched a national strike against General Motors Corp., GM spokesman Dan Flores said Monday. It's the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976, when Ford Motor Co. plants were shut down. Workers walked...The Associated Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/mliveapuser/index.html
The United Auto Workers has launched a national strike against General Motors Corp., GM spokesman Dan Flores said Monday. It's the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976, when Ford Motor Co. plants were shut down. Workers walked...
UAW sets new strike deadline against GMtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/chronicle//881.3910092007-09-24T11:12:04Z2007-09-25T00:13:23ZDETROIT -- After 20 straight days of negotiations, the United Auto Workers union said it would strike General Motors Corp. 11 a.m. Monday morning if a new contract agreement was not reached, citing the automaker's failure to address job security...The Associated Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/mliveapuser/index.html
DETROIT -- After 20 straight days of negotiations, the United Auto Workers union said it would strike General Motors Corp. 11 a.m. Monday morning if a new contract agreement was not reached, citing the automaker's failure to address job security...